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President’s Cup Table Tennis Tournament Showcases Young Talent

Aug 15, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on President’s Cup Table Tennis Tournament Showcases Young Talent

Kaieteur Sports – The 2024 President’s Cup Table Tennis Tournament brought together young table tennis players from across the country on Sunday, August 11th at the National Gymnasium....

Wiltshire/Country Boy Promotions dominoes set for Sunday at Parika Community Center ground

Aug 15, 2024 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire/Country Boy Promotions dominoes set for Sunday at Parika Community Center ground

Kaieteur Sports – Mark Wiltshire and Country boy promotions will be hosting a post Emancipation dominoes competition on Sunday (August 18) at Parika Community Center ground. Entrance fee is...

Jagdeo break-dancing; tight-rope walking

Aug 15, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Jagdeo break-dancing; tight-rope walking

Kaieteur News – I am caught between two extremes when Guyana’s chief oil policy mandarin, Bharrat Jagdeo, is part of the discussion. First, there are waves of laughter at the holes that he...

Beyond an economic vision of development

Aug 15, 2024 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Beyond an economic vision of development

Kaieteur News – The rhetoric of what constitutes progress is often tied to the language of economics. In Guyana, intellectually bankrupt leaders have tried to convince us that road to...

Throwing money at GuySuCo now is just fueling more corruption and has nothing to do with reviving that dead corporation

Aug 15, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Throwing money at GuySuCo now is just fueling more corruption and has nothing to do with reviving that dead corporation

Dear Editor, I see the usual drivel written about GuySuCo by Robin Singh in the Stabroek newspaper of August 11, 2024. In which he alleges that GuySuCo and its 8000 workers have received another 4...

GECOM is capable of executing mandate

Aug 15, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM is capable of executing mandate

Dear Editor, I write to respond to the AFC’s call on, ‘GECOM to provide updates for improved electoral system’ published in S/N’s edition of 3/8/24; S/N editorial; ‘Safeguards Against...

Gargantuan waste is possible under the PPP with our new wealth

Aug 15, 2024 KNews Letters Comments Off on Gargantuan waste is possible under the PPP with our new wealth

Dear Editor, In response to a letter writer in another section of the media regarding the potential for Guyana to follow China wasting national resources in its thrust for development, this is indeed...

Jagdeo’s strategy

Aug 14, 2024 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Jagdeo’s strategy

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s chief oil policymaker, Bharrat Jagdeo, has a bag of strategies that would make a skilled defense attorney proud. We have been in sync with them for a long period,...

Citizens must have access to all of Exxon’s oil project plans

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens must have access to all of Exxon’s oil project plans

“For a government to claim that they are open and transparent I don’t see why Jagdeo and the PPP are hiding all these important documents. First and foremost, the oil belongs to all Guyana. What...

Exxon’s taxes increase globally, but enjoys tax-free ride in Guyana

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s taxes increase globally, but enjoys tax-free ride in Guyana

Kaieteur News – United States oil giant ExxonMobil Corporation has reported an increase in its income tax expenses for the second quarter of 2024, with the figure rising to US$4.1 billion, up...

Iran rejects Western calls to refrain from attack on Israel

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Iran rejects Western calls to refrain from attack on Israel

(BBC NEWS) – Iran has dismissed calls from the UK and other Western countries to refrain from retaliation against Israel for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month....

GWI under fire for ‘rusty’ water, prolonged disruptions

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on GWI under fire for ‘rusty’ water, prolonged disruptions

…agency claims emergency works are ongoing Kaieteur News – The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is under fire from customers who are voicing their frustrations online over the company’s...

Teachers only willing to accept 20% hike – Mc Donald

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers only willing to accept 20% hike – Mc Donald

Kaieteur News – As the negotiations surrounding a pay hike for teachers continue, steps are reportedly being taken for the Government to come up with more than the 10 percent increase it is...

Electric biker killed in accident

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Electric biker killed in accident

Kaieteur News – A woman was killed on Tuesday morning after a car knocked her off her electric bike along the public road at Experiment, West Coast Berbice, Region Five. Police identified the...

Man arrested for setting miner on fire during fight over rum

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Man arrested for setting miner on fire during fight over rum

Kaieteur News – A miner has been arrested for allegedly attempting to murder a fellow miner by dousing him with High Wine and setting him on fire on Monday at Imbaimadai Landing, Upper Mazaruni...

$52M nursery school for Rockstone

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $52M nursery school for Rockstone

…contractor handed $15.6M in mobilisation fund Kaieteur News – Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Monday turned the sod to mark the commencement of the construction of a new...

$43M more to extend Linden Technical Institute

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on $43M more to extend Linden Technical Institute

Kaieteur News – To cater for some 250 students, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Monday turned the sod to extend the Linden Technical Institute main building in Region 10. The...

Six charging stations for electric vehicles available at various locations

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Six charging stations for electric vehicles available at various locations

Kaieteur News – A total of six electrical vehicle charging stations have been developed in various locations across the country, as the Government in keeping with the Low Carbon Development...

Violence in prison on decline due to anger management programmes – OIC

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Violence in prison on decline due to anger management programmes – OIC

Kaieteur News – Officer in Charge of Lusignan Prison, Deoraj Gyandat has said that ongoing anger management pogrammes at the penitentiary have resulted in a decline in violent behavior among...

Close to 2000 house lots, over 1500 titles distributed at building expo

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Close to 2000 house lots, over 1500 titles distributed at building expo

Kaieteur News – Close to 2,000 families from Regions Three and Four are now on their journey towards homeownership, after receiving their house lots at the Ministry of Housing and Water-...

Programme launched to aid professional development of youth

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Programme launched to aid professional development of youth

Kaieteur News – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Youth Resilience, Inclusion, and Empowerment (Y-RIE) programme, in collaboration with the Male Empowerment Network (M.E.N.)...

Seaman in court for assaulting child mother, wounding her male friend

Aug 14, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Seaman in court for assaulting child mother, wounding her male friend

Kaieteur News – A 38-year-old Seaman of Nelson Street Nismes West Bank Demerara on Tuesday appeared in court for allegedly assaulting his child mother and wounding her male friend. Seon...

Man remanded for killing drinking buddy

Aug 14, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man remanded for killing drinking buddy

Kaieteur News – A 42-year-old miner of Isseneru Village Cuyuni Mazaruni Region 7, was on Tuesday remanded to prison for allegedly killing his drinking partner, Laurex Henry. Police reported...

Fisherman remanded for attempted murder – victim remains unconscious

Aug 14, 2024 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Fisherman remanded for attempted murder – victim remains unconscious

Kaieteur News – A thirty-year-old fisherman from James Street, Albouystown was remanded to prison on Tuesday after he was charged with attempted murder. Kevin Alicock, a father of two, appeared...

Investment pact signed for $214M waste treatment facility at Coverden

Aug 14, 2024 KNews News Comments Off on Investment pact signed for $214M waste treatment facility at Coverden

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Office for Investment on Tuesday announced what it described as a groundbreaking $214 million investment in a state-of-the-art waste treatment facility at Coverden,...

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Guyana Beverage Inc. on board with Petra to host 8th Annual Girls U11 Football Tournament

Poor Power Planning (PPP)

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Planning has long been the PPP/C government’s pride and joy. The PPP/C touts it at rallies,... more